- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Socorro Medina on June 5, 2016
- Creator:
- Zapata, Joel
Medina, Socorro - Date of Original:
- 2016-06-05
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Medina, Socorro
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Potter County, Amarillo, 35.222, -101.8313
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Socorro "Coco" Medina grew up in Amarillo and attending university in Denver, where she joined the Chicano Movement. She returned to Amarillo and began to push for social justice in the Panhandle through the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and other mainstream organizations. She also launched the first Spanish language radio station in the city alongside her husband and is currently helping preserve the history of the city's Mexican American population.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982457/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 4 video recordings (58 min., 52 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-socorro-medina
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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